In the late 1990s, there was no rapper more popular than DMX, who drove a string of energetic and serious hits to the top of the Billboard album charts with each of their first five albums.
The life he lived – from abusive childhood to addictive adulthood – was rugged, stormy, and distinctive. He died Friday at the age of 50 after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest” a week earlier.
This week’s Popcast talked about the highs and valleys of DMX’s career, the intense power of his music and religious passion, and what it was like to interview him.
Guest:
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Smokey Fontaine, the co-author of the 2002 book EARL: The Autobiography of DMX with DMX; a former music editor for The Source magazine; and the current editor-in-chief of the Apple App Store.
